Synonyms: part, office, function, role
Definition: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Usage: the function of a teacher; the government must do its part; play its role
Similar words: duty
Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Usage: the duties of the job
Synonyms: part, share, contribution
Definition: the part played by a person in bringing about a result
Usage: I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project; they all did their share of the work
Similar words: endeavor, endeavour, effort, try, attempt
Definition: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Usage: made an effort to cover all the reading material; wished him luck in his endeavor; she gave it a good try
Definition: something less than the whole of a human artifact
Usage: the rear part of the house; glue the two parts together
Similar words: physical object, object
Definition: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
Usage: it was full of rackets, balls and other objects
Definition: a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
Usage: his part was right in the middle
Similar words: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Synonyms: part
Definition: that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation
Usage: it requires vigilance on our part; they resisted every effort on his part
Similar words: concern
Definition: something that interests you because it is important or affects you
Usage: the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
Synonyms: part, section, division
Definition: one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
Usage: the written part of the exam; the finance section of the company; the BBC's engineering division
Similar words: concept, conception, construct
Definition: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Synonyms: persona, part, role, theatrical role, character
Definition: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
Usage: she played the part of Desdemona
Similar words: portrayal, personation, enactment, characterization
Definition: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Definition: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
Usage: he tried to sing the tenor part
Similar words: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, air, strain, tune
Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Usage: she was humming an air from Beethoven
Definition: the extended spatial location of something
Usage: the farming regions of France; religions in all parts of the world; regions of outer space
Similar words: location
Definition: a point or extent in space
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Similar words: thing
Definition: a separate and self-contained entity
Synonyms: share, percentage, part, portion
Definition: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
Usage: he wanted his share in cash
Similar words: assets
Definition: anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
Synonyms: part, portion, constituent, component, component part
Definition: something determined in relation to something that includes it
Usage: he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself; I read a portion of the manuscript; the smaller component is hard to reach; the animal constituent of plankton
Similar words: relation
Definition: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
Synonyms: disunite, divide, part, separate
Definition: force, take, or pull apart
Usage: He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: divide, separate, part
Definition: come apart
Usage: The two pieces that we had glued separated
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
Definition: leave
Usage: The family took off for Florida
Similar words: leave, go away, go forth
Definition: go away from a place
Usage: At what time does your train leave?; She didn't leave until midnight; The ship leaves at midnight
Synonyms: part, split, separate
Definition: go one's own way; move apart
Usage: The friends separated after the party
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right